WTA Toronto: Frech beats Potapova to reach second round

Pole Magdalena Frech advanced to the second round of the WTA National Bank Open in Toronto by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday.

Frech, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between lucky loser Harriet Dart and Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 14 seed, next.

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Greet Minnen vs. Sloane Stephens
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
• Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Paula Badosa vs. Clara Tauson
• Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic
• Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
• Anna Blinkova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Elise Mertens vs. Katie Volynets
• Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
• Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Louisa Chirico vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Taylor Townsend
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: tuesday
• Yafan Wang vs. Sofia Kenin: tuesday
• Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2